“We learned in class, were lectured to about wars and famines, ancient kings and queens, the habits of presidents. But the lectures were cursory. We needed to know what happened, because we were the well-bred daughters of men who could… — Anton DiSclafani Copy Share Image
“I thought of my picture in the Castle. But what would future girls see when they looked at the photograph during their daily comings… — Anton DiSclafani Copy Share Image
“Danger presented itself, every girl knew, from within the family. But we were no one, nothing without our families.” — Anton DiSclafani Copy Share Image
“I knew what it was like to want, to desire so intensely you were willing to throw everything else into its fire.” — Anton DiSclafani Copy Share Image
“Though Yonahlossee was an odd place to me, it was quickly turning familiar. Not missing home had at first seemed inconceivable, but I understood… — Anton DiSclafani Copy Share Image
“I was a girl, I learned, who got what she wanted, but not without sadness, not without cutting a swath of destruction so wide… — Anton DiSclafani Copy Share Image
“There had been whispers that her family was suffering financially--suffering, as if lack of money was a wound. Which it was, the worst kind.” — Anton DiSclafani Copy Share Image
“It has always been a great comfort to me that I could bring a book anywhere, to any place. To any part of my… — Anton DiSclafani Copy Share Image
“We learned in class, were lectured to about wars and famines, ancient kings and queens, the habits of presidents. But the lectures were cursory.… — Anton DiSclafani Copy Share Image
